Aha!

Three Aha! moments I had this class:
1. Watching This Film Is Not Yet Rated gave me a whole new view of the movie industry, especially the rating system. It really amazed me how much they just lied about the standards they used. The MPAA told the public things that were far from true.

2. The first time in class when Mrs. Deck said we would play Jeopardy for chocolate, I thought: Aha! This is a cool teacher!

3. I absolutely loved the chapter about advertisements, especially talking about subliminal advertisements and sex appeal.

In a recent case, Google executives were found guilty of violating Italian Privacy laws, when a widely watched video of teenagers harassing an autistic boy stayed on YouTube for two months, which, prosecutors claimed, violated Italian Privacy laws. Italy also holds executives responsible for the deeds of the companies that they control, so three executives were charged with the crime in this highly controversial ruling.

PR campaign.

If I had the opportunity, I would start a PR campaign about the destructive activities that teenagers and young adults engage in constantly. It would start with shots of teenagers doing things that teenagers do, like setting things on fire, TPing someone's house, egging a car, all looking like a lot of fun. Then it would switch to what the scene looks like the next day, burnt grass and scorched cement, soggy toilet paper draped across someone's lawn, and a ruined paint job. Then we would see teenagers helping each other to clean up the messes that were made, some coming to replace the sod, cleaning up the toilet paper, and scrubbing the egg off the car. "Build, don't destroy" would appear on the screen, and then a website or something. Essentially the message of the ad would be that everyone is better off if we use our energy to create, rather than destroy.

Baby TV

My topic is on the effects of television on very young children, those under or around the age of two. Often these children sleep for twelve hours a day, and then wake up and spend 40% of their time watching television. Programs geared towards young children have been shown to be ineffective, and babies that watch televisions for grown-ups actually have a reduced attention span and perform poorly in school.